--- id: ff31_god_power_and_climb title: FLYINGFREE - God, Power, and Climb category: Biblical Life Counsel predicted_narrative_arc: ask-god-convert-attitude sentiment: Pastoral emotions: - Reverent - Hopeful - Steady keypoints: - In crisis the Lord tops the list of those who care and know you best - God supplies value when earthly alternatives are exhausted - He is willing to help — it is necessary only to ask - Pilots gain altitude by adding power and climbing - Power through the problem, climb to new perspective — convert attitude to altitude summary: > Dean places God first among reliable helpers, urges asking, and maps power-and-climb aviation to converting attitude into altitude. tags: - flying-free - chapter-31 - god - prayer - power - climb - attitude - altitude - dean-rush - book-excerpt sycophancy: 0 truth_score: 9 entropy: 2 sample: false consent: owner_approved agent: flyingfree created: '2010-01-01' updated: '2026-09-09T00:00:00Z' vault_stage: 07_CODEX headwaters: FLYINGFREE prefix: FLYINGFREE enrich_status: ok enrich_blockers: [] enrich_method: manual pipeline_filename: FLYINGFREE_31_god-power-and-climb.md source_kind: book_excerpt proposed_topic: FlyingFree lane: FlyingFree voice: desk active_voice: desk voices: - desk routing_source: carbon corpus_topic: FlyingFree content_status: active date: '2010-01-01' share_url: https://deanrush.net/downloads/flyingfreebook.md source_url: https://deanrush.net/downloads/flyingfreebook.md site_category: Flying Free book_title: Flying Free book_chapter: 31 book_chapter_title: Maximize Your Range – Convert Attitude to Altitude! source_file: flyingfree/flying-free-31-maximize-your-range.md description: > Chapter 31 — Lord first among those who know you; ask Him; add power and climb; convert attitude to altitude. --- # God, Power, and Climb **Author:** Dean Rush **Book:** *Flying Free* · **Chapter 31:** Maximize Your Range – Convert Attitude to Altitude! **Full book:** [deanrush.net/downloads/flyingfreebook.md](https://deanrush.net/downloads/flyingfreebook.md) ## Context for the Reader The reliable-source beat lands on its true top name: the Lord. Dean couples corporate-turnaround language (value when alternatives are gone) with the pilot’s simplest climb method — add power — and states the chapter title as command: convert attitude to altitude. > Voice note: Everything under **Dean's excerpt** is Dean's original prose (lightly cleaned only). Sections marked **Biblical foundations**, **Scholar sidebar**, **Takeaways**, and **First-time learner** are enrichment for Asker / first readers — not Dean speaking. --- ## Biblical foundations (preface) Ask, climb, remember what God has already given — prayer and perspective are how depleted lives receive altitude again. | Dean's claim | Scriptural undercarriage | | --- | --- | | Lord tops those who care and know you | The Lord knows those who are His (2 Timothy 2:19); He knows your sitting down and rising (Psalm 139:1–3) | | Value when earthly alternatives exhaust | My God will supply every need (Philippians 4:19); barren places become springs (Isaiah 41:17–18) | | Necessary only to ask | Ask and it will be given (Matthew 7:7–11); you have not because you ask not (James 4:2) | | Add power and climb | Strengthened with power through His Spirit (Ephesians 3:16); mount up with wings (Isaiah 40:31) | | Use God’s prior gifts; convert attitude to altitude | Remember all the way the Lord led you (Deuteronomy 8:2); give thanks; renew mind (Philippians 4:6–8; Romans 12:2) | --- ## Dean's excerpt ### Ask — power through — climb In the case of a crisis, the Lord is at the top of the list of those who care and know you best. Like the good customers in failing corporations, God will supply value to lives that have exhausted the earthly alternatives. God is there and more than willing to help. It is necessary only to ask Him to help. As a pilot the easiest method of obtaining altitude is to add power and climb. The most efficient method of developing a positive attitude is similar. You power through the problem and climb to a new perspective. Take a look at the great things in life that brought you to your present position. Use the information God has provided you to get to this point in life in a positive way. Convert attitude to altitude. > **Scholar sidebar — Power is not self-will alone** > “Power through” sits beside “ask Him” (Matthew 7:7; James 4:2). Dean’s climb uses God’s prior provision and a positive reading of how you arrived (Deuteronomy 8:2) — not amnesia about failure, but refuse to inventory only losses. Ephesians 3:16 and Isaiah 40:31 underwrite Spirit-given strength for the climb. The title sentence is operational: convert attitude to altitude. --- ## Takeaways 1. **God tops the list.** Best knowledge and care in crisis. 2. **He supplies when earthly options run out.** Value to exhausted lives. 3. **Ask.** Willingness is His; request is yours. 4. **Altitude method: add power and climb.** Attitude method mirrors it. 5. **Use what God already provided.** Positive inventory fuels the conversion. --- ## First-time learner ### What is Dean saying in one sentence? Ask the Lord who knows you best, power through the problem, climb to a new perspective, and convert attitude to altitude using what God has already given. ### Why the corporate “good customers” image? Dean has lived business failure; he means God still finds and supplies value when the earthly balance sheet is empty. ### Key verses to read with this lesson - **Matthew 7:7–11** — Ask; Father gives good gifts. - **James 4:2** — You have not because you ask not. - **Philippians 4:19** — God supplies every need. - **Isaiah 40:31** — Renewed strength; mount up. - **Ephesians 3:16** — Strengthened with power in the inner being. - **Deuteronomy 8:2** — Remember how the Lord led you. ### A simple practice Pray one honest ask. Then list five “great things” God used to bring you to now. Climb one concrete step this week that matches a renewed attitude (not a fantasy leap). ### How this feeds Ask Dean Seed material for: *Who tops Dean’s list in crisis? How do you develop positive attitude like gaining altitude? What does convert attitude to altitude mean?* Keep ask-plus-climb primary.